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APPARATUS FOR FINISHING CLOTH.

iatented Apr. 19, 1892.

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J. KIRK & B. LEE. APPARATUS FOR FINISHING CLOTH.

No. 473,398. Patented Apr. 19, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KIRK AND BENJAMIN LEE, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR FINISHING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 47 3,398, dated. April19, 1892.

Application filed April 22, 1891. Serial No. 390,027- (No model.)Patented in England August 14. 1890, No. 12,739.

To all whom, it"may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN KIRK and BEN- JAMIN LEE, subjects of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at Leeds, in the county of York, England,have invented new and use ful Improvements in Apparatus for FinishingCloth and other Suitable Fabrics, (for which we have obtained a patentin Great Britain, No. 12,739, dated August 14:, 1890,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of our invention is to secure a more permanent finishthan isproduced by the ordinary means.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, ofour apparatus for securing a permanency of finish. Fig. 2 is a plan ofthe devices shown in Fig. 1

The goods after being prepared, dyed, and pressed (preferably by ourpatent pressingmachine, No. 5,999, dated April 23, 1888) are wrappedupon a perforated cylinder A, which is placed within a double-casedcylinder or other suitable chamber B. Steam is injected into the outercasing O of the chamber by means of pipe F and into the inner chamber ofthe cylinder B by means of pipes G and H outside the goods D to beoperated upon. The steam in the inner chamber of the cylinder B is notonly in contact with the outer surface of the roll of goods on theperforated cylinder A, but entering said cylinder and passing throughits perforations it comes also in contact with the inner surface of theroll.

Stop-cocks are provided at J, K, and L for regulating the respectivesupplies. By this means the heat from the outer casing or steamchamber 0keeps the steam in contact with the goods D perfectly dry, and the steamin the inner chamberB may work at much higher pressure than the steamwithin the outer case 0, the pressure being regulated to suit the goodsbeing operated upon.

Gages E with indicators are fixed to the steam-pipes to indicate thepressures.

What we claim as the invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- In an apparatus for finishing cloth, the combination of a cylinderB, the interior of which constitutes a steam-chamber, an outer casing O,surrounding the cylinder and separated therefrom to provide anintervening steamspaoe, an open perforated cylinder A, communicatingwith the steam-chamber of the cylinder, and valved steam-pipes leading,respectively, into the steam-chamber of the cylinder and the steam-spacesurrounding the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN KIRK. BENJAMIN LEE.

Witnesses:

HERBERT DUNN, FREDERIC WILLIAM HAINES,

Both of Royal Exchange, Leeds.

